Gerbillus nanus (Rodentia: Muridae): A new reservoir host of leishmania major

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Azizi, K ^a   Moemenbellah Fard, M D ^a   Fakoorziba, M R ^a   Fekri, S ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERBIL; GERBILLUS NANUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MERIONES HURRIANAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TATERA INDICA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 82555185321     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1364859411Y.0000000036     Document Type: Article

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